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Linguistic philosophy is the view that many or all philosophical problems can be solved (or dissolved) by paying closer attention to language, either by reforming language or by better understanding our
everyday language. The former position is that of
ideal language philosophy
Ideal language philosophy is contrasted with ordinary language philosophy. From about 1910 to 1930, analytic philosophers like Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein emphasized creating an ideal language for philosophical analysis, which would b ...
, one prominent example being
logical atomism
Logical atomism is a philosophical view that originated in the early 20th century with the development of analytic philosophy. It holds that the world consists of ultimate logical "facts" (or "atoms") that cannot be broken down any further, each ...
. The latter is the view defended in
ordinary language philosophy
Ordinary language philosophy (OLP) is a philosophical methodology that sees traditional philosophical problems as rooted in misunderstandings philosophers develop by distorting or forgetting how words are ordinarily used to convey meaning in ...
.
[Rorty 1967.]
See also
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Formal semantics (natural language)
Formal semantics is the scientific study of linguistic meaning through formal tools from logic and mathematics. It is an interdisciplinary field, sometimes regarded as a subfield of both linguistics and philosophy of language. Formal semanticists r ...
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Linguistic turn
The linguistic turn was a major development in Western philosophy during the early 20th century, the most important characteristic of which is the focusing of philosophy primarily on the relations between language, language users, and the world.
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Philosophical language
A philosophical language is any constructed language that is constructed from first principles, sometimes following a classification. It is considered a type of engineered language. Philosophical languages were popular in Early Modern times, partl ...
Notes
References
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Rorty, Richard, 1967. ''Introduction: Metaphilosophical difficulties of linguistic philosophy''. In Richard Rorty (ed.). ''The Linguistic Turn: Recent Essays in Philosophical Method''. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1967.
External links
Entry on analytic philosophyin the ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy''
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